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Another day in the 80s and that huge snow pile up in Lancaster, Pa., that Charlie Charnigo has been chronicling for us is still melting today. Here's Charlie's latest shot, taken Friday, 4/16. Looks like the frontloader has been moved. Can the snow survive into May? Stay tuned.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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Until just the other week, there was still a well-hidden pile or two at Towson University. It survived a few 80-degree days.
Posted by: Tyler | April 16, 2010 8:18 PM
There was also a pile on the side of one of the parking lots at Towsontown center a few days ago!
Posted by: Marian | April 17, 2010 8:57 AM
Once the leaves come out on the trees there, it becomes a real shady spot, not getting the sun until late afternoon and then only for an hour or so.
Posted by: gueman | April 17, 2010 9:59 AM
Hey, is there a chance of us getting a shot of the volcanic ash because of the cutoff lows that have been planting themselves to our northeast? I was noticing a low off of eastern Canada ... yesterday? And it had me thinking we could see a shot of the ash if the low were in the perfect place.
Not that I'm wishing for it. That wouldn't be fun.
FR: Hard to imagine a weather scenario that would bring volcanic ash that far east to west. The prevailing winds over Iceland are west to east, or northwest to southeast. But I am beginning to think we may soon begin to see some beautiful, lavender sunsets in the Northern Hemisphere as the ash spreads around the globe.
Posted by: Gregory Hill | April 19, 2010 10:03 AM
Man, those are great and fun pix of the melting snow.
I was in College Park last weekend for my church's 100th Anniversary and I noticed no snow from my last visit to the area the first weekend in March to help 2 high school friends in Warrenton, Va and CP dig out from the back-to-back snow monsters.
I was also in Oakland (Garrett County), Md for the Special Olympics Dunk, February 27th.
Six weeks later, all their snow is melted and Deep Creek Lake is thawed out from the 1 foot thick ice that was cut for the dunk.
Amazing how quickly all that snow melted in a such a short period of time. I thought all the snow would not melt completely till the end of March much less still be here in April.
Posted by: Mark | April 19, 2010 7:03 PM
Frank, that link you posted in your reply to Gregory Hill contain a potential fatal virus.
FR: Thanks. I have deleted the link.
Posted by: Mark | April 19, 2010 7:07 PM